latest posts on the storm2k thread...
I'm definitely waiting on the forecast N and then NE movement. I know that based on model input that it is the most likely solution. But I'm more old school. The forecast depends on a very early season trough (like the one that picked up Charley on '04). But I think the storm is a little further south than the original forecast, and it's my understanding (am I wrong??) that some of the components that make up the model ensembles still cling to a solution where the trough by-passes the storm and riffing begins to build back in along the NE Gulf Coast. Also the storm is not so well defined at this time, making it somewhat less susceptible to the upper level influences of an approaching trough. So, I'll wait to see the actual pick-up, or to see if model consensus begins to weaken.
With that thinking in mind which way would that alter your track?
First of all, I have to say again that the present model forecasts are definitely most likely. But if they don't pan out, I think you would have to assume increased ridging along the Fl Gulf Coast, allowing the system to move first WNW and then maybe between WNW and NW to near the upper Texas coast, perhaps a more northerly component near landfall to near the TX-La border. That would be the alternate scenario, I think.